diff --git a/dashboard-ui/collections.html b/dashboard-ui/collections.html
index 53c097ea45..6dc952ead7 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/collections.html
+++ b/dashboard-ui/collections.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
                 </div>
                 <div class="listTopPaging">
                 </div>
-                <button id="btnNewCollection" data-mini="true" data-icon="plus" data-inline="true">New</button>
+                <button id="btnNewCollection" data-mini="true" data-icon="plus" data-inline="true" class="hide">New</button>
                 <div class="viewSummary"></div>
             </div>
             <div id="items" class="itemsContainer"></div>
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/moviecollections.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/moviecollections.js
index ac5783483a..0b8e230ea0 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/moviecollections.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/moviecollections.js
@@ -67,6 +67,16 @@
 
             LibraryBrowser.saveQueryValues('boxsets', query);
 
+            Dashboard.getCurrentUser().done(function(user) {
+                
+                if (user.Configuration.IsAdministrator) {
+                    $('#btnNewCollection', page).removeClass('hide');
+                } else {
+                    $('#btnNewCollection', page).addClass('hide');
+                }
+
+            });
+
             Dashboard.hideLoadingMsg();
         });
     }